Software

Using RocketDock

October 1, 2013, 08:47(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

RocketDock is a free OS X style launcher for Windows. It is highly customizable. [Read more…] about Using RocketDock

Security Essentials is designed to be bottom of the antivirus rankings

September 26, 2013, 06:32(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Microsoft: Security Essentials is designed to be bottom of the antivirus rankings

Now, Microsoft has said it sees Security Essentials as merely the first layer of protection, advising customers to use additional, third-party antivirus – although the company stressed that wasn’t because the product wasn’t good enough to stand on its own.

CCleaner 4.06

September 25, 2013, 14:17(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner v4.06 is out. “improved some of the cleaning actions for Firefox and Internet Explorer”
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Announcement
Release Notes
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.

Google Chrome Updated

September 18, 2013, 14:00(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Chrome updated.
Download or update from within the program.

Chrome has been updated to 29.0.1547.76 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This release includes the following fixes:
[288935] Flash Player does not work in Metro mode
[278370] Unable to submit client certificates over TLS 1.2 from Windows
[278940] Canvas loses ability to render, is blank even if page reloaded
Other stability improvements

Source: The Google Chrome Blog

Thunderbird 24

September 17, 2013, 15:08(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Pass the word, it’s Thunderbird (24).
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Release Notes
Download other languages and operating systems
openSuse users – T-bird 24 is available in the Mozilla repo.

Firefox 24.0

September 17, 2013, 10:08(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Firefox 24.0 has been officially released.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Release Notes
Download other languages and operating systems

Firefox 24 for Android is now available in the Play store.

openSUSE users – Firefox 24 is available in the Mozilla repo.

Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer Updated

September 14, 2013, 08:25(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Earlier this week Adobe updated flash for IE to version 11.8.800.168.
There were a few bugs and version 11.8.800.174 fixes them.
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Release Notes

Java Updated

September 10, 2013, 15:58(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Java has been updated version 7u40 (1.7.0_40-b43). Security update.
Release Notes

Downloads:
Jave 7 Runtime (this is most people will use).
Java 7 JDK

Java has proved to be horribly insecure. I have removed it from all my computers and no longer use programs that require it.
See:
Java Security at Wikipedia
Ed Bott – A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software with Java updates
Google “java security” for more.